Meta Platforms has hired three senior OpenAI executives who led the Stargate cloud and data center initiative. The move highlights intensifying competition for AI infrastructure talent.
Meta Platforms is bringing on three senior executives from OpenAI's Stargate project, according to two people with direct knowledge of the hiring. The executives helped lead the ChatGPT maker's ambitious cloud and data center initiative.
The hirings represent a notable escalation in competition for AI infrastructure talent among major technology companies. Data center and compute infrastructure have become critical battlegrounds as companies race to build larger AI models and scale their AI products.
OpenAI's Stargate project aimed to build massive computing infrastructure to support the company's AI development efforts. The initiative focused on expanding data center capacity and cloud computing resources needed to train and run large language models.
Meta has been aggressively building out its AI capabilities and infrastructure. The company has invested heavily in compute resources to support its AI research and products, including its Llama family of open-source language models.
The specific roles the three executives will fill at Meta were not immediately disclosed. Meta has been expanding its AI infrastructure teams as it competes with OpenAI, Google, and other rivals in the artificial intelligence space.
The departures come as OpenAI continues to navigate rapid growth and organizational changes. The company has experienced several high-profile executive departures over the past year as competition for AI talent has intensified across the industry.
Neither Meta nor OpenAI immediately responded to requests for comment on the executive moves.
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